Wing Hing Long & Co

Project Overview

Protecting the story of Chinese-Australian enterprise at one of regional NSW's most intact surviving stores, rooted in the tin mining boom that shaped the town of Tingha.

Conservation Management Plan

Service Category:

Tingha, NSW

Location:

2021

Year of Completion:

Inverell Shire Council

Client:

Inverell Shire Council engaged Heritas to prepare a Conservation Management Plan for the Wing Hing Long & Co Store, a rare and largely intact general store that bears remarkable testimony to the contribution of Chinese-Australians to regional NSW during the tin mining era. Developed from the 1880s on the main street of Tingha, the store retains its original showroom layout, display cases, and a functioning Lamson Rapid Wire cash carrier system, making it an exceptional survival of nineteenth-century retail heritage. The Conservation Management Plan provides a comprehensive framework for the understanding and ongoing care of the place, addressing its history, significance, fabric, and management guidelines to guide future decision-making by Council.

A suburban neighborhood with various houses, gardens, and streets, with a small hill and trees in the background under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

A landscape view of a suburban area with houses, trees, a canal, and open fields under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Aerial view of a rural property with a rusty metal roofed house, metal sheds, and parked vehicles surrounded by grass and dirt patches.

Aerial view of a small town with houses, a pond, and a rural landscape under a partly cloudy sky.

Aerial view of a small town with various houses, some with rusted metal roofs, and others with newer roofs, along with a few commercial buildings. The town is near a body of water and surrounded by open land with sparse trees. Streets are visible, wi